Next Rovers manager

[alexanders]

Sorry if mentioned:
 

BREAKING: Dean Smith is being poised for a return to England with Blackburn and Watford interested. Sources suggest Smith is being considered, and Smith is eager to manage in the UK again.

[Cherry Blue]

3 minutes ago, Armchair supporter supremo said:

The thing is they can't any longer even try to bullshit any manager candidates into believing they have any ambition at the club anymore other than to sell our youngsters and buy cheap sell high in the transfer market. 

The only ambition the board has is to try and keep the books relatively balanced for the slumlords in pune

Spot on with the BS. Any mention of a board makes it sound like we are a normal run club, which we aren't, as it's all down to following the instructions coming from a company who have no football interest.

Search for this yes man continues but I still hope they appoint someone who has me puzzled.

[Hasta]

4 minutes ago, alexanders said:

Sorry if mentioned:
 

BREAKING: Dean Smith is being poised for a return to England with Blackburn and Watford interested. Sources suggest Smith is being considered, and Smith is eager to manage in the UK again.

Can't see it but there's worse options being banded around.

[RevidgeBlue]

5 minutes ago, alexanders said:

Sorry if mentioned:
 

BREAKING: Dean Smith is being poised for a return to England with Blackburn and Watford interested. Sources suggest Smith is being considered, and Smith is eager to manage in the UK again.

Not for me.

Looked to have a very bright managerial future at one point but tailed off and seems to have gone worse and worse as he's gone on.

[neophox]

Think it will be Gary Rower

[TheKitGuy]

OGS would be remarkable and might help the mainstream media focus on the circus upstairs. 

[neophox]

Think it will be a team of Rowett and Sale

[Wegerleswiggle]

4 minutes ago, neophox said:

Think it will be Gary Rower

Rowett and Bowyer's love child?

[AvRover]

43 minutes ago, islander200 said:

Nixon saying in his comments that Bradford know nothing about talks between Alexander and Rovers. 

I think this has just snowballed from that tweet and people putting money on him .

I'm sure there was a theory circulating on here when Ismael was appointed that the club deliberately circulates underwhelming names (third choices) to distract from the fact when a second choice manager is appointed its a relief and not a disappointment we didn't get an ambitious pick 

[RevidgeBlue]

9 minutes ago, TheKitGuy said:

OGS would be remarkable and might help the mainstream media focus on the circus upstairs. 

Seems likeable enough but no-one can take him seriously after his spell at Man Ure can they?

Edited 3 hours ago by RevidgeBlue

[onlyonejackwalker]

3 hours ago, ruggles1995 said:

if we are going to be hiring people of no proper glamorous championship background, then Id personally like damian duff. Listening to him speak you can tell hes got a bit about him manager wise, and hes won a league albeit in Ireland, but least hes done something. I believe hes now part of keith andrews staff at brentford atm. 
Compared to all the other names id say hes on par with most, and if i have to put up with a mediocre unproven manager, id rather it was someone i loved as a player for rovers thats at least had some small success as a manager so far. 

My thoughts exactly.

[OsloRover]

The fact that Challinor could bring Matt Jansen with him surely does his chances no harm at all

Edited 3 hours ago by OsloRover
Damn phone keyboard

[Kjell]

12 minutes ago, OsloRover said:

The fact that Challinor could bring Matt Jansen with him surely does his chances no harm at all

Adventurous AND with the sentimental value added. What's not to love?

I don't think I've ever celebrated a goal overheard on RadioRovers as hard as I celebrated Jansen's goal, on his first game after his injury, against Portsmouth in 2004. 

[roverandout]

56 minutes ago, Tricky said:

what makes them keep-us-up candidates?

calm under pressure? can rally the team? what style of football do they bring, coaching style etc..

DJ would make more sense surely?

Don't want Johnson.  He'd be a cheap appointment who'd go along with everything gestede tells him. I want someone the players will respect 

[RevidgeBlue]

18 minutes ago, OsloRover said:

The fact that Challinor could bring Matt Jansen with him surely does his chances no harm at all

Starting to think this would be my number one choice. 

As with everyone else currently in employment though, faces the massive stumbling block that we very rarely pay compo for anyone.

Still also very happy with Bilic or Rowett if either are interested.

That would be my shortlist of 3.

[RevidgeBlue]

3 minutes ago, roverandout said:

Don't want Johnson.  He'd be a cheap appointment who'd go along with everything gestede tells him. I want someone the players will respect 

Don't know how many times this has to be repeated but he doesnt want it.

(Other than on an interim basis)

[roverandout]

1 minute ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Don't know how many times this has to be repeated but he doesnt want it.

(Other than on an interim basis)

That's good 

[roverandout]

Nothing against Johnson but we don't need another rookie. Like bowyer who had the best squad we've had at this level and failed miserably 

[JHRover]

If Johnson gets the job it wouldn't be for the right reasons. 

It appears he has no pressing desire to be a manager, which begs the question of why we would ask him to do it a minute longer than necessary, but beyond that they wouldn't be doing it for the good of the club/team. They'd be doing it because they can't be arsed or don't want the cost/hassle of finding an established manager and paying what it takes. 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

35 minutes ago, OsloRover said:

The fact that Challinor could bring Matt Jansen with him surely does his chances no harm at all

This lot running the show probably don’t know who Matt Jansen is.

[Paul Mellelieu]

1 minute ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

This lot running the show probably don’t know who Matt Jansen is.

There were some days, when you read his heartbreaking autobiography, when he didn't know.

[Tricky]

1 hour ago, alexanders said:

Sorry if mentioned:
 

BREAKING: Dean Smith is being poised for a return to England with Blackburn and Watford interested. Sources suggest Smith is being considered, and Smith is eager to manage in the UK again.

Also Dean Smith...

Wouldn't oppose the idea

[CD_93]

50 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Seems likeable enough but no-one can take him seriously after his spell at Man Ure can they?

Realistically not happening regardless but I wouldn't judge any manager based on their time there tbf

Considerably more distinguished managers achieved either not much more or even less - and we would take any of them in dreamland!

Edited 2 hours ago by CD_93

[roverandout]

54 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Seems likeable enough but no-one can take him seriously after his spell at Man Ure can they?

He did a decent job at united. No one has succeeded there. I'd take him in an instant 

[vinotherover]

57 minutes ago, onlyonejackwalker said:

My thoughts exactly.

Damien Duff was very outspoken during his time at Shelbourne he took on the FAI publicly for change accross all aspects of the irish league and as a league of ireland supporter it was a breath of fresh air this is why he will not be the next rovers manager.